Darwin, Thank you for your kind and thoughtful e-mail about this tragic event. We will be thinking of him, hoping for the best, while reflecting on the slight difference between life and death for us all. Sincerely, Carlos Speck [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > TNMAURY-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 52 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [TNMAURY-L] Re: Bookers,Cates,Beat [[email protected]] > #2 [TNMAURY-L] Grover is ill... [Grover Pope <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from TNMAURY-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Re: Bookers,Cates,Beatty,Waters > Date: 5 Mar 2003 17:35:27 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Booker, Sellers, Bynum, Beatty, Priest, Dowell > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/202.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > James Gray Booker married Ellen Smiser he was a son of Peter R. Booker who married Susannah Gray in Williamson County 4/16/1806. > > Think all the Bookers in Maury Co. were related but the Booker family we are looking for originally lived in the Santa Fe, Theta area of Maury County and were related to the Sellers, Bynum, Beatty, Priest and Dowell families. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Grover is ill... > Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 02:13:04 -0600 > From: Grover Pope <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > To all friends, relatives and associates my Dad is corresponding with: > > This Darwin Pope, Grover's son. I hate to the bearer of bad news but I > feel it only necessary to inform you all of my Dad's condition. My > father, Grover, suffered a massive stroke Tuesday at 1pm. This happened > here at his home. It came on sudden and was very unexpected. Despite his > chemotherapy which as some of you might know of he has been in good > spirit and had been doing better than expected. His cancer was thought > to have been removed successfully even though he has had a difficult > recovery time. He finished his 4th of 6 chemo treatments last week. He > was informed then of the effect the blood thinner he had been taking for > his heart and the role it could play on affecting his thinning and > thickening of blood with chemo. As stated, Tuesday he suffered a massive > stroke. He is in Jackson General hospital in Jackson in room 635 if > anyone wishes to send cards or such. The worst news is along with the > stroke it has cause complications as we found out yesterday of the > effect it has had on his throat muscles which is not allowing him to > secrete the fluids which lay in his throat and should be passed or > something to that effect. This has caused fluid to build up in his lungs > now and begin to bring on pneumonia which is life threatening in his > condition. The first day or so he was in and out and somewhat coherient > to his surrounding. As of yesterday his fever has risen and he is not > responding well. My father is basically fighting for his life now. I and > my wife are at home tonight with my mother so she can rest here and will > be returning to Jackson tomorrow. The next 48 hours are as the doctor > says, "touch and go". They are giving him the best of care and comfort > and we are all praying he become concious soon and with God's grace can > find a way to fight. I felt it my obligation to let all of you whether > friend or family, whom I know he enjoys contact with so much on here as > he finds refuge getting online and keeping touch with you all for > correspondence and for his geneology research he loves so dearly, to > inform you of the circumstances and what he is battling. Thank you all > for giving him happiness in corresponding with him and please keep him > in thought and prayer the next couple of days. I will try my best to > again group mail all of you any changes and outcome of this tragic thing > that has feel on this wonderful man..my Father. Again thank you and I > hope this was appropriate enough and finds you all well. He things > highly of all his internet friends and family. I am not sure how soon I > will back here at his computer to receive or reply to any of his emails. > I pray soon, he himself can contact you all once again. If you will wish > to write, that will be fine but you might not receive a response quickly > but I will do my best. My email is [email protected] if any of > you wish to have me keep you updated perhaps more efficiently. Again, > thank you all for your time and prayers.